The story goes Pai'ea received cattle as a gift from Captain Vancouver. As no one on the Island was savvy on Cattle Ranching, they increased in number and would just trample people walking through town. Some years later John Parker started the beef industry. The remains of his work is Parker Ranch. Many Hawaiian families whom dwelt on and worked the land received a portion of it for their generations.
During the reign of Kamehameha III, whom visited California, he brought Vaquero back to teach their style of Cattle Ranching. Then was coined the term Paniolo for Hawaiian Cowboys. Paniolo carry on the tradition of Vaquero with their red checkered shirts and straw hats and add a Haku Lei in Hawaii's own unique style.
Waiaka Farm in Kamuela is an extension of the Hawaiian Ranching Tradition and is run by People whom were raised on Parker Ranch. Wai'aka Homestead offers accommodations nearby and is the Historic home of William Lindsey, a Hawaii Cattle Rancher.
From a vision George Vancouver, no doubt, had about feeding the People of the Island of Hawaii for life and with assistance from Mainland cousin Vaqueros; the Cattle Rancher tradition lives on still today. The space in between events may be unaccounted for to us today some 200 years later. But the tried and true traditions remain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paniolo#Hawaiian_Paniolo
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